Daniel Webster

American diplomat, lawyer, orator, & politician

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A strong conviction that something must be done is the parent of many bad measures.

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God grants liberty only to those who love it and are always ready to guard and defend it.

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I was born an American; I will live an American; I shall die an American.

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Justice is the greatest interest of man on earth.

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The world is governed more by appearances than realities, so that it is fully as necessary to seem to know something as to know it.

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